ok it's time to talk about societal distrust in experts and institutions, the rise of misinformation, cultural polarization, and how to work toward some semblance of mutually agreed upon information before we splinter into irreconcilable realities
(beefy thread incoming)
@briankoppelman Please write this book: “My parents had put a phone line in my room that was just for me because I was always talking to all these heavy metal people.”
#OnThisDay November 11, 1918 WWI Ends. Listen to this recording made available by the Imperial War Museum of when all the guns of World War I fell silent. #SoundOn#VeteransDay
A new-gen Xbox console will be priced LOWER THAN a vial of insulin that keeps me alive for a week. $299 v. $324. Imagine having to buy an Xbox every week for the rest of your life, just to survive. This is my America.
If you're trying to take advantage of raytracing in #UE4, here's a tip: use the command `r.HighResScreenshotDelay` + a number to set the length of time `HighResShot` should let the image render for. On the left is 1, the right is 100. Think it's measured in 1/10s of a second.
Unbelievably huge news on Dakota Access: The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court ruled Monday in a stunning defeat for the Trump administration and oil industry. #DAPL https://t.co/rTQEbjnIG0
Happy birthday to James Gadson, born on this day in 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. Here he is playing drums on “Kissin’ My Love” with Bill Withers in 1972. They’re accompanied by Melvin Dunlap on bass, Benorce Blackmon on guitar, and Ray Jackson on keyboard.